Hydrozoa taxon details
Bimeria vestita Wright, 1859
117320 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117320)
accepted
Species
Bimeria amoyensis Hargitt, 1927 · unaccepted (synonym, indeterminate)
Bimeria humilis Allman, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eudendrium vestitum Allman, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Garveia humilis (Allman, 1877) · unaccepted (synonym)
Manicella fusca Allman, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Forma Bimeria vestita f. nana Leloup, 1932 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, terrestrial
Wright, T.S. (1859). Observations on British zoophytes. <em>The Edinburgh new philosophical journal.</em> 10:105-114, plates 8-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25486569
page(s): 109, pl. 8 fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 109, pl. 8 fig. 4 [details]
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Bimeria vestita Wright, 1859. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117320 on 2025-07-07
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original description
Wright, T.S. (1859). Observations on British zoophytes. <em>The Edinburgh new philosophical journal.</em> 10:105-114, plates 8-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25486569
page(s): 109, pl. 8 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Eudendrium vestitum Allman, 1888) Allman, G. J. (1888). Report on the Hydroida dredged by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part II.- The Tubularinae, Corymorphinae, Campanularinae, Sertularinae, and Thalamophora. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 23 (part 70): i-lxix, 1-90, pl. 1-39., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49519881
page(s): 3, pl. 1 figs 1 & 1a [details]
original description (of Bimeria humilis Allman, 1877) Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 8, pl. 5 figs 3-4 [details]
original description (of Bimeria amoyensis Hargitt, 1927) Hargitt, C. W. 1927. Some hydroids of South China. - Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College 67: 491-520., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2798673
page(s): 492, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Manicella fusca Allman, 1859) Allman, G. J. 1859b. Notes on the hydroid zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)4: 48-55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18637963
page(s): 51 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014-2024). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS). , available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]
context source (Bermuda) Calder, D. R. (1988). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 148: 1-107. [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. <em>Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 283 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Calder, D. R. (1988). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 148: 1-107.
page(s): 21-23, 103 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cruz-Gómez, Christopher; Mendoza-Becerril, María A. (2025). First record of a hydrozoan (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) growing on a sigalionid scaleworm (Annelida, Sigalionidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5570 (2) : 387-393., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5570.2.10 [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Amaral, F. D.; Ramos, C. A. C.; Leão, Z. M. A. N.; Kikuchi, R. K. P.; Lima, K. K. M.; Longo, L.; Cordeiro, R. T. S.; Lira, S. M. A.; Vasconcelos, S. L. (2009). Checklist and morphometry of benthic cnidarians from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 50, 277-290
page(s): 282 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 216, fig. 205 [details] Available for editors
redescription Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 114: 195-396.
page(s): 247, fig. 20 [details]
page(s): 109, pl. 8 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Eudendrium vestitum Allman, 1888) Allman, G. J. (1888). Report on the Hydroida dredged by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part II.- The Tubularinae, Corymorphinae, Campanularinae, Sertularinae, and Thalamophora. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 23 (part 70): i-lxix, 1-90, pl. 1-39., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49519881
page(s): 3, pl. 1 figs 1 & 1a [details]
original description (of Bimeria humilis Allman, 1877) Allman, G.J. (1877). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Exploration of the Gulf Stream by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assistant United States Coast Survey. <i>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology</i>. 5: 1-66, plates 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4311825
page(s): 8, pl. 5 figs 3-4 [details]
original description (of Bimeria amoyensis Hargitt, 1927) Hargitt, C. W. 1927. Some hydroids of South China. - Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College 67: 491-520., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2798673
page(s): 492, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Manicella fusca Allman, 1859) Allman, G. J. 1859b. Notes on the hydroid zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)4: 48-55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18637963
page(s): 51 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014-2024). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS). , available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]
context source (Bermuda) Calder, D. R. (1988). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 148: 1-107. [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. <em>Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 283 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Calder, D. R. (1988). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 148: 1-107.
page(s): 21-23, 103 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cruz-Gómez, Christopher; Mendoza-Becerril, María A. (2025). First record of a hydrozoan (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) growing on a sigalionid scaleworm (Annelida, Sigalionidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5570 (2) : 387-393., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5570.2.10 [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Amaral, F. D.; Ramos, C. A. C.; Leão, Z. M. A. N.; Kikuchi, R. K. P.; Lima, K. K. M.; Longo, L.; Cordeiro, R. T. S.; Lira, S. M. A.; Vasconcelos, S. L. (2009). Checklist and morphometry of benthic cnidarians from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 50, 277-290
page(s): 282 [details]
redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 216, fig. 205 [details] Available for editors
redescription Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 114: 195-396.
page(s): 247, fig. 20 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology colonial [details]Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スズヒドラ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Eudendrium vestitum Allman, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Bimeria humilis Allman, 1877)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bimeria vestita)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Garveia humilis (Allman, 1877))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Bimeria humilis Allman, 1877)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records) (from synonym Bimeria amoyensis Hargitt, 1927)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Bimeria humilis Allman, 1877)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bimeria vestita)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Garveia humilis (Allman, 1877))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Bimeria humilis Allman, 1877)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records) (from synonym Bimeria amoyensis Hargitt, 1927)
To ITIS
